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Doreen Orion

Doreen Orion, MD is a psychiatrist and award-winning author. Her bestselling travel memoir, Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband and a Bus with a Will of Its Own has been called, “Eat, Pray, Love—without the depression” and is in 6th printing.

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Hollywood's Stalker Fetish

Why is society so mad about obsessive love? With Beyonce starring in yet another film about an erotomanic, psychiatrist Doreen Orion analyzes pop culture’s fixation on lovelorn stalkers.

Doreen Orion

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